FRIEDMAN, Norman H. = Jewish Boy Scouts and personal Guest Book

Scope and Content: Scouting medals, award, plaque, whistle. Minutes. Jewish scouting booklets. Scout exhibition program. Artefacts: 4 scout medals, framed; 1 plaque with stand; 1 award statuette; 1 scout whistle. Personal guest book and cross-index spanning 52 years (1925-1977) and includes the signatures of author S…

Scope and Content: Scouting medals, award, plaque, whistle. Minutes. Jewish scouting booklets. Scout exhibition program. Artefacts: 4 scout medals, framed; 1 plaque with stand; 1 award statuette; 1 scout whistle. Personal guest book and cross-index spanning 52 years (1925-1977) and includes the signatures of author Stephen Leacock, operatic tenor Enrico Caruso, operatic soprano Pauline Donalda, poet and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, cartoonist Terry Mosher, and poet Irving Layton.

History / Biographical: Montreal businessman Norman Friedman was chairman of the Jewish Advisory Committee of the Boy Scouts Association and assistant regional commissioner of the Boy Scouts Association. Friedman and his wife Rose were both life governors of the Jewish General Hospital, and he was also an honorary governor of the Montreal General Hospital. The Friedmans entertained frequently in their home, as documented in their guest book. Norman Friedman died in Montreal in 1981.

Notes: Alpha-numeric designations :P85/14.Related groups of records :Irving Berlin collection, A.M. Machlovitch photographs in PC1/L.